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terms of tlie watchman rors per year t , dollaks-payable in bat if not paid 'â€¢> advance two dollars 1 titty cts will be charged ebtisemexts inserted at 1 for the grst.and 25 cts .,, h subsequent insertion court orders charged ) perct higher lhan these rates a liberal deduc n to those who advertise by the year lrtters io the editors musl be postpaid hie minister's feast bv i.yiua jam piehson the rev mr x was a man of ex lent temper but was eccentric he i s a powerful preacher and his mmis iy tion was blest to the reformation of nany in his parish at the ageof thirty bar he became enamored of a rich par ishioner well the marriage was con ummrif'd lhe bride's portion paid and j ; ausband as husbands in their first e are apt to do consented to the lion r to his wife and accompanied her to eral festive patties given by his weal neighbors in honor ol his marriage hi happy couple were sitting together heir comfortable parlor one evening wards spring tim reverend gentle lan studying the * yenerable rede and is wife equally intent upon the plate of lu latest fashions ; when she suddenly joked up with an expression between ope and fear and thus addressed her hus iand my dear husband i have a request to ke well nancy anything consistent vou do not imagine that i would make inconsistent request surely !" j xo â€” not a request that you consider onsistent rut come what is it v ' why my dear sir and her voice trem i 1 a little ' we have been to several ;. ties among the neighboring gentry and ( v 1 think to maintain our position in ) iety we should make a party too the minister looked blank ' what sort oi a party nancy ?' he said t length why she replied such a parly as otse we have attended we must make elegant dinner and have a dancing ir it dancing ! in a minister's house !' ejac inted mr x . why yes certainly replied his wife xingly ' you will not dance the y will be mine and then we have i to similar parties till the winter true true he muttered with a per ied air and sat silent for some time f considering at length he spoke â€” yes nancy you may have a party i a dinner and if your guests desire it ', may dance thank you love she cried putting her s around his neck ' rut 1 have some stipulations about it id he i must select and invite the sts and you must allow me to place â€¢ of my favorite dishes on the table vii as you please love she answered p htedlv : * bul when shall it be v ext wednesday il you please iw-it our furniture and window drapery ery old fashioned js it not time we new v ' should hardly think it necessary to furnish our looms xancv our furni re is excellent of its kind ' but our smooth carpets white drape s and cane chairs have such a cold look ) consent to have the rooms new fitted ; c:m move these things to the unfur j ed chambers . * and ol what u<c will ihey be in thrive p ns which we never occupy ? besides i near spring and to lit up now for win .- superfluous well 1 would not care she persisted kiiy people will call us parsimonious and kenteel 0h if that's all he said i will pro se to spend a thousand dollars on the t ng of the party not in furniture but manner far more grateful to our k s and profitable to ourselves and \ i shall exonerate us from till impu of parsimony and you may expend iress eatables and dessert what sum jn deasc ! so the colloquy ended â– "â– - ! . â€¢ resumed his studies and she gave ' nind to the consideration ofthe dress vi h would be most becoming and the v inds that were mo-a expensive the % xt day she went busily about her prc ion wondering till the time how her ud would expend his thousand dol ut as she had discovered something eccentricity of his character she d not that he meant to give an a ile surprise ; and her curiosity grew it that she could hardly sleep du ke interval ength the momentous day arrived rrangements were all complete and \ retired to perform theall-im t business of arraying herself in tire she lingered lung at the toi ying on the fashionable unpunctu if fashionable people ; and when iur struck left the chamber like of old gloriously to allure the eyes who should look upon her and lull les and graces notwithstanding the fortable pinching of her shoes and her husband met her iu the hall p guests have arrived he said and i the door of the receiving room â€” rlul ! wonderful what a strange dage ! there were congregated pph-d the maimed the blind the i the extreme aged and a group of mi from the alms-house who regar e lady some with open mouths oth th hands in their hair while some 1 irom behind furniture the covert b they had retreated from herdaz ess she was petrified with as ent then a dash of displeasure her face till having run her eyes grotesque assembly she met the illy grave expressions of her hus countenance when she burst into t laughter icy !' at length said her husband j xjljii lartulllia w a 1 liijvl aim % bbpner & james ) , " keer a check ttox all tour editors <$â€¢ proprietors } rulers ) new series do tins and liberty is safe > Â»,.Â«,. t ,â€ž , gen'l harrison ) oll me v number 1 salisbury n c thursday may 4 1848 sternly she suppressed her mirth,stam mered and excuse and added : ' you will forgive me and believe your selves quite welcome ' that is well done ;' whispered mr n ' my friends he said ' as my wife is not acquainted with you i will make a few presentations then leading her towards an emacia ted creature whose distorted limbs were unable to support his body he said ' this gentleman nancy is the rev n , who in his youth travelled and endured much in the cause of our common master a violent rheumatism induced by colds contracted among the new settlements of the west where he was employed in preaching the gospel to the poor has re duced him to his present condition this lady his wife has piously sustained him but she is old and feeble now as you may see then turning to a group with silver locks and threadbare coats he continued these men are soldiers of the revolu tion they were sons of rich men they went out in their young strength to defend their oppressed country they endured hardships toils and suffering such as we can hardly deem it possible for men to endure and live they returned home at the close of the war maimed in their limbs and with broken constitutions to find their patrimonies destroyed by fire or the chances of war or their property oth erwise filched and wrested from them â€” and these worthy men live in poverty and neglect in the land for the prosperity of which they sacrificed their all these venerable ladies are the wives of these patriots and widows of others who have gone to their reward they could tell you tales that would thrill your heart and make it better this is the celebrated and learned dr b , who saved hun dreds of lives during the spotted epidemic but his great success roused the animosi ty of his medical brethren who succeed ed in ruining his practice and when blind ness came upon him he was forgotten by those whom he had delivered from death this lovely creature is his only child and she is motherless she leads him daily by tint hand and earns the food she sets before him yet her learning and accom plishments are wonderful and she i.s the author of those exquisite poems which ap pear occasionally in the magazines â€” these children were made orphans in in fancy by the asiatic cholera and their sad hearts have seldom been cheered by a smile or their palates regaled by deli cious food now dry your eyes and lead on to he drawing room she obeyed and notwithstanding her emotions the thumping of coarse shoes and rattling of sticks crutches and wood en legs behind her well nigh threw her into another indecorous laugh to divert her attention she glanced over the table there stood the dishes for which her husband had stipulated in the shape of two monstrous homely-look ing meat pies and two enormous platters of baked meatsand vegetables like moun tains among the delicate viands that she had prepared to do the table honors but her husband after a short thanksgiving to the bountiful god addressed the company with â€” â€¢ now my brethren help yourselves and one another to whatever you deem preferable 1 will wait on the children a hearty jovial meal was made the minister setting the example the old soldiers became garrulous and each re | counted some wonderful or thrilling ad venture of the revolutionary war ; and the old ladies told tales of privation and suffering and inter-woven with them tlie histories of fathers brothers or lovers who died for liberty mrs n was sobbing convulsively when her husband came round and touch ing her on the shoulder whispered â€” ' my love shall we have dancing that word with its ludicrous associa tions fairly threw her into hysterics and she laughed and wept at once when she became quiescent mr n thus addressed the company : â€” ' i fear my friends you will think my wife a frivolous inconsistent creature and therefore 1 apologise for her we were married only last fall and have attended several gay parties which our rich neigh bors gave in honor of our nuptials and my wife thought it would be genteel to give a dinner iu return i consented on conditions â€” one of which was that i should invite the guests so being the professed minister of liim who was meek and lowly in heart i followed to the letter his com mand : but when thou makest a feast call the poor the maimed the lame the blind c â€” you will recollect the pas sage mrs n not knowing who her guests were to be is highly delighted with , the ruse i have played and 1 do not be lieve there has been so noble and honora ble a company assembled this winter â€” my wife desired new furniture lest we should be deemed parsimonious and 1 pledged myself to expend one thousand dollars in a manner more pleasing to our guests and which should obviate any such imputation 9 then addressing the chil dren he said â€” ' you will each be removed to-morrow to excellent places and if you continue to be industrious and perfectly honest in word and deal you will become respect able members of society to you doct b , under god i owe my life 1 did not know your locality neither had i heard of your misfortune until a few days since i can never repay the debt i owe you but if your daughter will accept the neat furnished house adjoining mine i'll see that you never want again to you pat riot fathers and nursing mothers of our country i present the one thousand dol lars it i.s just one hundred dollars to each soldier's widow it is a mere trifle xo thanks my dear friends you mr x , are my father in the lord under your preaching i first became convinced of sin and it was your voice that first brought me to the word of salvation â€” you will remain in my house ; i have a room prepared for j*ou and a pious ser vant to attend you it i.s time you were at peace and your excellent lady relieved of her burden the cripple fell prostrate on the carpet and poured out such thanksgiving and prayer as found way to the heart of mrs n , who ultimately became a meek and pious woman â€” a fit helpmate for a devoted gospel minister temperance for the carolina watchman to the christian stffler no 7 my dear friend : â€” perhaps you think it very wrong that you should be blamed for the misfortunes of the drunkard you say '* you do not force him to drink he is a free agent but perhaps you know something of the force of habit what a tyrant is habit ! and no habit is more so than the habit of taking strong drink â€” xo doubt you know a great many men so enslaved to the bowl that it seems a moral impossibility for them to be where liquor is and not get drunk put it out of their reach and they can get along very well rut let it be in their way and they have no regard for the consequences to them selves or their families â€” for time or eter nity they are perfectly blind to the re sults do you think it right to put liquor in the way of these morally blind men what saith the scripture ? " thou shalt not put a stumbling block before the blind â€” lev 19 14 cursed is he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way deut 27 18 if he that put a stum bling block in the way of the physically blind is cursed what should be the pun ishment of him that does so to the morally blind i the one would cause his neigh bor but to fall upon the earth but he that puts liquor in the way of the drunkard causes him to stumble speedily to his grave and to hell oh sir how often has your liquor caused him that was blind ed by the love ofthe bowl to wander far from the path of uprightness do you say you do not sell ardent spirits to such men â€” you only sell it to those who can control themselves ? rut you send it off â€” you sell it to the retailer and then it is beyond your control you have made the serpent and sent it abroad ; you cannot now direct his fang nor extract his poison lt inevitably becomes a stumbling block to every drunkard that passes by that wa but is it any better to let the moderate drinker have it than the drunkard ? it is by moderate drinking that most men be come drunkards in selling your liquor to the moderate drinker you are learning him to become a drunkard and which is the worst to have a hand in making a good man bad or a bad man worse ? â€” which is the worst to put out the eyes of a man that can see a little or to put a stumbling block before him that is already blind ? these may be debateable ques tions but upon whichever side they are decided i fear would not be of much mo ment to you ; lor is not your liquor drank by both the sot and the moderate drinker ? li a scripture sense an offence is that which causes a man to err â€” to sin you certainly know that distilled spirits are an offence in this sense to many both in the church and out of it your blessed mas ter he whom i trust you wish to love and obey â€” has said " woe to that man by whom the offence comelh mat 18,7 now by whom else does the olfence of ardent spirits come but by the stiller ? â€” blame the drinker as you will you must admit that the olfence has come emphati cally by you now unless you can show that ardent spirits are no offence â€” that no one is caused to do wrong by it how can you extricate yourself from the woe pro nounced by your own master ? oh sir i really fear unless you cease to manufac ture offences christ will not own you for his disciple in the last day your most sincere friend s1m0x coldwater davie co much 1848 from the raleigh register soxs of temperance hall the ceremonies of the dedication of the new hall recently erected by the or der of the sons of temperance in this city came off on friday evening last and is spoken of in the highest terms we were not able to be present on this inter esting occasion but a friend who was has kindly furnished us with the subjoin ed account which we most cheerfully lay before our readers with the simple re mark that we are satisfied that the phil anthropic und benificent designs of the order is accomplishing though silently and unobtrusively great good in our com munity and deserves the fostering and sustaining hand of every friend of hu manity and good morals rut to the ac count mr gales : as i did not see you present at the interesting and appropriate cere monies ofthe dedication ofthe new sons of temperance hall on friday evening i have thought an account would prove acceptable to your readers and i must say that on no occasion nor any where have i ever seen " beauty unadorned so successfully and appropriately carried out as on this occasion xo mockeries of mysticism â€” no presumptuous assumptions of legendary authority marked the pro ceedings ; they were simple unaffected and eminently appropriate after the company had gathered the " sons clad in their beautiful though simple regalia made their appearance in the hall and the exercises were opened by the reading of a portion of the scripture and prayer by the chaplain the ceremonies of ded ication were then entered into by the d g w p and the responses from the va rious officers had truly a happy effect and the hall was dedicated to love purity and fidelity the motto of the order and to the promotion of '* temperance renevolence and brotherly love this being over henry w miller esq a member ofthe order was introduced to the assembly as the brother selected to deliver the dedicatory address to a community where his powers and his ge nius are so well and so favorably known as mr miller's are in north carolina it i.s unnecessary to say that this address was thrillingly eloquent and surpassingly beautiful the writer of this has repeat edly heard mr m hold vast audiences enchained by the force of his reasoning the power of his logic and captivating strains of his rhetoric and eloquence ; but we say in all candor that this effort will most favorably compare with any we ever heard him make w t e would fain endea vor to give you some idea of its tone and character â€” but satisfied as we are that were we to attempt it wc should greatly mar its beauty and do injustice to the speaker we are compelled to desist we are highly gratified to learn however that a call has been made by the division up on mr m for a copy of the address for publication we sincerely hope he will accede to the request as we believe its circulation throughout the state will be productive of great good not only to the order but to our citizens generally we trust therefore soon to see it in print we believe sir you will pardon us for adding a few words in behalf of the or der of the sons of temperance judging from the happy effect it had upon many in our city we are bound to admit it a good a lauable a praise-worthy institu tion from the high character of the morals and virtues it inculcates it re commends itself to the favorable consid eration ofthe wise the virtuous and the good every where its designs are pure ly benevolent unpretendingly exalted and religiously sacred to reclaim the fallen to throw a shield around the young and unsuspecting to relieve the sufferings and distress of our fellows its only aim sure ly this is noble christian god-like â€” and him who would raise a voice of opposi tion to the sons of temperance pause and consider lest he be found " lighting against god himself give us the smiles and confidence of the virtuous and good and we will try by practical demonstra tion to convince the wayward and unfor tunate ofthe salutary effects of our prin ciples by teaching them our precepts and inculcating sentiments of morality and virtue in their lives many te mpe r axce ce le bration the order of the sons of temperance in xorth carolina held their quarterly ses sion through their representatives from he several divisions in this place last thursday at night they repaired in pro cession in full regalia to the presbyterian church where a large assemblage await ed them for the purpose of witnessing the public exercises of the evening prayer was olfered by rev r t blake the chap ain of greensboro division after which mr blake introduced to the audience mr gorman of raleigh who proceeded to deliver an address marked by the excel lence of its sentiment and the chasteness of its style although originality of ar gument or illustration on this subject can scarcely be expected at this day â€” the in telligent audience of the evening were highly entertained by the grace and pow er with which mr g sustained his views the services were closed by prayer by mr duvall of richmond ya the in tervals in the exercises were most agree ably filled by music from the choir of the church the numerous members of the order whose division meets in this place toge ther with those in attendance from other places all formed in procession and ar rayed in th ir neat and tasteful regalia made an imposing appearance and the fine moral affect intended we trust may increase and be permanent â€” greens pat a young riot occurred ut columbia on satur day night the 22d instant between the college boys und the police xo scalps taken excitement ix washington by the following letter to the baltimore sun it will be seen that the threats of the mob to demolish the office of the national era were not carried out whether there will be a renewal of these scenes of vio lence will depend very materially we suspect upon future developments washington april 20 18-lf . the large assemblage on 7th street last night presented quite an imposing ap pearance a party of reckless young men destitute of reputation or responsibility aided by no small number of boys whose parents or guardians should have pre vented their attendance attempted to ren der '* night hideous by pretended conceit and wild vociferations added to these were a few mischievous men of more de cent dress whose craven spirits shrinking from a due accountability to the laws , would have paid ignorant and thoughtless individuals to involve themselves in still deeper disgrace for the gratification of | their licentious employers by the perpe tration of flagrant outrages upon private property as i informed you at the moment by telegraph the committee reported that the proprietor had respectfully declined to leave the premises unearthly yells quick ' ly succeeded â€” the first class alluded to as suring themselves that they now possessed ample authority for the commission of mobism in any and every form the of fice of the " era was quickly surround ed and a volley of stones thrown at it when capt goddard boldly advanced and called upon all good citizens to aid the i civil authorities in the discharge of their duties this was the crisis ! honor to the en lightened citizens of the metropolis â€” the city that bears a name which can never die â€” they promptly responded nobly did the masses who had been drawn together by motives of mere curiosity rally in vin dication of the laws the violence of the rioters was speedily restrained and threats superseded by jokes or derisive re j marks until after midnight when disap pointed and fatigued they strolled off to j other haunts the resolution adopted to forcibly remove the oliice this morning has of course been disregarded those who would thus trample down the laws , never taking daylight for their work the national era as our readers may be aware was established a little more than twelve months ago and we have reg ularly perused it since it is edited with considerable ability and with much more moderation than any paper of its class j we have seen yet the publication in a j slavcholding community of such a paper however prudently conducted cannot in our judgment be safely permitted â€” and when it is tolerated we may naturally look for the occurrence of just such scenes : as are now transpiring in the city of washington as one of its legitimate and i necessary fruits the editor of the era mr g bailey jr in the midst of the excitement addressed a deprecatory ap peal to the people in which he refers to the language he had frequently used in his paper to the effect that although in favor of the abolition of slavery he de sires that it may be accomplished only in accordance with the constitution and j law and that no system of unconstitu ' tional or illegal measures would ever find a supporter in him ; and he affirms his ! entire ignorance ofthe recent attempt in that city to carry oil a large body of slaves j which he says was in no way participa : ted in by himself or by any other person > connected with his establishment â€” rich mond whig railroad meeting the business of the court was such the first week of the term that the pro posed meeting to appoint delegates to the salisbury railroad convention was de ferred to the next tuesday that day was also occupied by an important trial allowing no time for the deliberations of a public meeting it was therefore deem ed proper to postpone the meeting until county court in may which will be in good time for the object proposed it is hoped that every citizen interested â€” and every citizen is interested â€” in the plan ning and prosecution of the great works in contemplation will be present aud give indication by their presence and their counsels that hope of improvement is not quite dead in north carolina greensboro patriot fire â€” the fayelteville observer ofthe 25(h inst slivs â€” â€¢â€¢ we regret to learn that the law office of the hon robert strange about three mile from this town was destroyed by fire on saturday last wilh a portion ol his valuable library the fire is believed to have origin i ted in the careless use of a match with which a negro lighted his pipe is that the tune the old cow died of ask ed an englishman nettled at the industry wiih which a new englander whistled yankee doo dle no.beef replied jonathan " that are's the tunc old bull died ol !" gen taylor's opinions the nashville whig after referring to the recent published reports of conversa tions said to have been held with general taylor on the important political ques tions which divide parties in the united states says and from the supposed rela tions existing between the editor of that paper and gen taylor we suspect it does not speak unadvisedly that these publi cations may impose the necessity on gen taylor in his own defence of coming out over his own signature with a brief expo sition of his views and the whig ven tures to predict that should the general deem it proper to make such an exposi tion he will take his stand upon the great republican platform upon which our liberties rest â€” namely the carelul preservation and scrupulous maintenance ed the distribution of the powers of the genera government between the execu tive legislative and judicial departments as provided for in the constitution our nashville cotemporarv goes on to sav : rich w/iis ' j " we venture to predict that he will declare it to be his fixed determination to leave to the legislative department of the government the business of legisla tion without interposing his individual wishes much less his official inlluence to thwart shape or control it ; and further that he will never interpose his veto ex cept in cases of manifest haste and want ol due consideration by congress or where there has been a clear and palpable vio lation of the constitution this we un dertake to say from unquestionable evi dence now in our possession is the broad conservative whig ground which gen taylor will occupy and which he is rea dy to avow his intention to occupy if ele vated to the executive chair and this settles all questions doubt or difficulty as to the course he will pursue if elected in reference to the tariff the bank and other national measures lie will leave such questions to the decision of congress if the people of the fnited states speak ing through the legitimate and constitu tional channel the legislative depart ment ofthe government shall demand a i bank he will not interpose his inlluence in any way to thwart their wishes should they not desire a bank he will not press one upon them : should they through their representatives in congress signify that they are content with the tariff of 1810 he will not recommend its repeal should they on the other hand through their representatives require its repeal or modifications he stands ready to sanction any act which congress may pass for that purpose ; anil so with the sub-treasury and other measures of national policy with the exception of such cases only as involve clear and palpable violations of the constitution or as are manifestly the result of hasty and inconsiderate legisla tion â€” in which category is included nei ther of the tariff bank or sub-treasury measures this we have reason to know is the course which general taylor has marked out for himself to pursue in the event of his election and it is the true course the patriotic republican conser i vative whig course let it but be pur sued by our executive magistrates and our free institutions will be co-extensive with all times j from the national intelligencer uf april 22 congress the senate did nol sit yesterday having on thursday adjourned over>to monday tho ifuu<e of representatives did sit hut might as well not have done so as the whole day was devoted to a sort of discussion out of which frequently as it occurs the best that can he saij of it is that no good ever came we refer of course to the question concerning a description of population which exists in some states and not in others and upon which it is impossible lhat the debaters on the one side and those on the other ever can comprehend one another's feelings or convictions this debate arose without any necessity on the proposition hy a member from massa ! chusetts on thursday to raise a committee to inquire whether the privilege of any member or members of lhe llou-u had been lately vio lated tbe debate which occupied the wholo sitting of thursday and which resulted in no thing was continued during the whole sitting i of yesterday and with the same result ; and then the house adjourned over to monday so neither house wil sit to-day the news from europe a portion at least of the news from ktirope brought by tin duchess d'orleans and publish ed in other columns ol this paper cannol be wholly relied upon tor instance the tele graphic report born prussia in regard to tho imprisonment of the king cvc is entirely in consistent with our former accounts our la test reliable dales from berlin are to the 23d march representing the capital as in a state of complete tranquillity and the universal gazelle of berlin ofthe 23d mentions several new acts of lhe king totally inconsistent with the idea of any new difficulty a telegraphic despatch from metz of the date of the 21th could not have furuished any thing later later â€” a telegraph despatch from new york advises us ofthe arrival there yesterday of the steamer sarah sand with accounts several days liter from europe in our despatch nothing i said in confirma tion ofthe news above referred lo from prussia the austrian troops have been expelled from sardinia : poland is in a state of insurrection ; and russia is engaged in sending troops south ward further failures have taken place on the continent the market or breadstufis in kng land was dull owing lo increased receipts and fine weather al liverpool on the m instant flour was selling at 27s a 28s wheat 7s a 8s 9 !. per to pounds : corn 26 a 30 ; laid ir a j lower cotton bowed 1 2-6 a 4Â£d n orleans 3a a .">}.

terms of tlie watchman rors per year t , dollaks-payable in bat if not paid 'â€¢> advance two dollars 1 titty cts will be charged ebtisemexts inserted at 1 for the grst.and 25 cts .,, h subsequent insertion court orders charged ) perct higher lhan these rates a liberal deduc n to those who advertise by the year lrtters io the editors musl be postpaid hie minister's feast bv i.yiua jam piehson the rev mr x was a man of ex lent temper but was eccentric he i s a powerful preacher and his mmis iy tion was blest to the reformation of nany in his parish at the ageof thirty bar he became enamored of a rich par ishioner well the marriage was con ummrif'd lhe bride's portion paid and j ; ausband as husbands in their first e are apt to do consented to the lion r to his wife and accompanied her to eral festive patties given by his weal neighbors in honor ol his marriage hi happy couple were sitting together heir comfortable parlor one evening wards spring tim reverend gentle lan studying the * yenerable rede and is wife equally intent upon the plate of lu latest fashions ; when she suddenly joked up with an expression between ope and fear and thus addressed her hus iand my dear husband i have a request to ke well nancy anything consistent vou do not imagine that i would make inconsistent request surely !" j xo â€” not a request that you consider onsistent rut come what is it v ' why my dear sir and her voice trem i 1 a little ' we have been to several ;. ties among the neighboring gentry and ( v 1 think to maintain our position in ) iety we should make a party too the minister looked blank ' what sort oi a party nancy ?' he said t length why she replied such a parly as otse we have attended we must make elegant dinner and have a dancing ir it dancing ! in a minister's house !' ejac inted mr x . why yes certainly replied his wife xingly ' you will not dance the y will be mine and then we have i to similar parties till the winter true true he muttered with a per ied air and sat silent for some time f considering at length he spoke â€” yes nancy you may have a party i a dinner and if your guests desire it ', may dance thank you love she cried putting her s around his neck ' rut 1 have some stipulations about it id he i must select and invite the sts and you must allow me to place â€¢ of my favorite dishes on the table vii as you please love she answered p htedlv : * bul when shall it be v ext wednesday il you please iw-it our furniture and window drapery ery old fashioned js it not time we new v ' should hardly think it necessary to furnish our looms xancv our furni re is excellent of its kind ' but our smooth carpets white drape s and cane chairs have such a cold look ) consent to have the rooms new fitted ; c:m move these things to the unfur j ed chambers . * and ol what u Â»,.Â«,. t ,â€ž , gen'l harrison ) oll me v number 1 salisbury n c thursday may 4 1848 sternly she suppressed her mirth,stam mered and excuse and added : ' you will forgive me and believe your selves quite welcome ' that is well done ;' whispered mr n ' my friends he said ' as my wife is not acquainted with you i will make a few presentations then leading her towards an emacia ted creature whose distorted limbs were unable to support his body he said ' this gentleman nancy is the rev n , who in his youth travelled and endured much in the cause of our common master a violent rheumatism induced by colds contracted among the new settlements of the west where he was employed in preaching the gospel to the poor has re duced him to his present condition this lady his wife has piously sustained him but she is old and feeble now as you may see then turning to a group with silver locks and threadbare coats he continued these men are soldiers of the revolu tion they were sons of rich men they went out in their young strength to defend their oppressed country they endured hardships toils and suffering such as we can hardly deem it possible for men to endure and live they returned home at the close of the war maimed in their limbs and with broken constitutions to find their patrimonies destroyed by fire or the chances of war or their property oth erwise filched and wrested from them â€” and these worthy men live in poverty and neglect in the land for the prosperity of which they sacrificed their all these venerable ladies are the wives of these patriots and widows of others who have gone to their reward they could tell you tales that would thrill your heart and make it better this is the celebrated and learned dr b , who saved hun dreds of lives during the spotted epidemic but his great success roused the animosi ty of his medical brethren who succeed ed in ruining his practice and when blind ness came upon him he was forgotten by those whom he had delivered from death this lovely creature is his only child and she is motherless she leads him daily by tint hand and earns the food she sets before him yet her learning and accom plishments are wonderful and she i.s the author of those exquisite poems which ap pear occasionally in the magazines â€” these children were made orphans in in fancy by the asiatic cholera and their sad hearts have seldom been cheered by a smile or their palates regaled by deli cious food now dry your eyes and lead on to he drawing room she obeyed and notwithstanding her emotions the thumping of coarse shoes and rattling of sticks crutches and wood en legs behind her well nigh threw her into another indecorous laugh to divert her attention she glanced over the table there stood the dishes for which her husband had stipulated in the shape of two monstrous homely-look ing meat pies and two enormous platters of baked meatsand vegetables like moun tains among the delicate viands that she had prepared to do the table honors but her husband after a short thanksgiving to the bountiful god addressed the company with â€” â€¢ now my brethren help yourselves and one another to whatever you deem preferable 1 will wait on the children a hearty jovial meal was made the minister setting the example the old soldiers became garrulous and each re | counted some wonderful or thrilling ad venture of the revolutionary war ; and the old ladies told tales of privation and suffering and inter-woven with them tlie histories of fathers brothers or lovers who died for liberty mrs n was sobbing convulsively when her husband came round and touch ing her on the shoulder whispered â€” ' my love shall we have dancing that word with its ludicrous associa tions fairly threw her into hysterics and she laughed and wept at once when she became quiescent mr n thus addressed the company : â€” ' i fear my friends you will think my wife a frivolous inconsistent creature and therefore 1 apologise for her we were married only last fall and have attended several gay parties which our rich neigh bors gave in honor of our nuptials and my wife thought it would be genteel to give a dinner iu return i consented on conditions â€” one of which was that i should invite the guests so being the professed minister of liim who was meek and lowly in heart i followed to the letter his com mand : but when thou makest a feast call the poor the maimed the lame the blind c â€” you will recollect the pas sage mrs n not knowing who her guests were to be is highly delighted with , the ruse i have played and 1 do not be lieve there has been so noble and honora ble a company assembled this winter â€” my wife desired new furniture lest we should be deemed parsimonious and 1 pledged myself to expend one thousand dollars in a manner more pleasing to our guests and which should obviate any such imputation 9 then addressing the chil dren he said â€” ' you will each be removed to-morrow to excellent places and if you continue to be industrious and perfectly honest in word and deal you will become respect able members of society to you doct b , under god i owe my life 1 did not know your locality neither had i heard of your misfortune until a few days since i can never repay the debt i owe you but if your daughter will accept the neat furnished house adjoining mine i'll see that you never want again to you pat riot fathers and nursing mothers of our country i present the one thousand dol lars it i.s just one hundred dollars to each soldier's widow it is a mere trifle xo thanks my dear friends you mr x , are my father in the lord under your preaching i first became convinced of sin and it was your voice that first brought me to the word of salvation â€” you will remain in my house ; i have a room prepared for j*ou and a pious ser vant to attend you it i.s time you were at peace and your excellent lady relieved of her burden the cripple fell prostrate on the carpet and poured out such thanksgiving and prayer as found way to the heart of mrs n , who ultimately became a meek and pious woman â€” a fit helpmate for a devoted gospel minister temperance for the carolina watchman to the christian stffler no 7 my dear friend : â€” perhaps you think it very wrong that you should be blamed for the misfortunes of the drunkard you say '* you do not force him to drink he is a free agent but perhaps you know something of the force of habit what a tyrant is habit ! and no habit is more so than the habit of taking strong drink â€” xo doubt you know a great many men so enslaved to the bowl that it seems a moral impossibility for them to be where liquor is and not get drunk put it out of their reach and they can get along very well rut let it be in their way and they have no regard for the consequences to them selves or their families â€” for time or eter nity they are perfectly blind to the re sults do you think it right to put liquor in the way of these morally blind men what saith the scripture ? " thou shalt not put a stumbling block before the blind â€” lev 19 14 cursed is he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way deut 27 18 if he that put a stum bling block in the way of the physically blind is cursed what should be the pun ishment of him that does so to the morally blind i the one would cause his neigh bor but to fall upon the earth but he that puts liquor in the way of the drunkard causes him to stumble speedily to his grave and to hell oh sir how often has your liquor caused him that was blind ed by the love ofthe bowl to wander far from the path of uprightness do you say you do not sell ardent spirits to such men â€” you only sell it to those who can control themselves ? rut you send it off â€” you sell it to the retailer and then it is beyond your control you have made the serpent and sent it abroad ; you cannot now direct his fang nor extract his poison lt inevitably becomes a stumbling block to every drunkard that passes by that wa but is it any better to let the moderate drinker have it than the drunkard ? it is by moderate drinking that most men be come drunkards in selling your liquor to the moderate drinker you are learning him to become a drunkard and which is the worst to have a hand in making a good man bad or a bad man worse ? â€” which is the worst to put out the eyes of a man that can see a little or to put a stumbling block before him that is already blind ? these may be debateable ques tions but upon whichever side they are decided i fear would not be of much mo ment to you ; lor is not your liquor drank by both the sot and the moderate drinker ? li a scripture sense an offence is that which causes a man to err â€” to sin you certainly know that distilled spirits are an offence in this sense to many both in the church and out of it your blessed mas ter he whom i trust you wish to love and obey â€” has said " woe to that man by whom the offence comelh mat 18,7 now by whom else does the olfence of ardent spirits come but by the stiller ? â€” blame the drinker as you will you must admit that the olfence has come emphati cally by you now unless you can show that ardent spirits are no offence â€” that no one is caused to do wrong by it how can you extricate yourself from the woe pro nounced by your own master ? oh sir i really fear unless you cease to manufac ture offences christ will not own you for his disciple in the last day your most sincere friend s1m0x coldwater davie co much 1848 from the raleigh register soxs of temperance hall the ceremonies of the dedication of the new hall recently erected by the or der of the sons of temperance in this city came off on friday evening last and is spoken of in the highest terms we were not able to be present on this inter esting occasion but a friend who was has kindly furnished us with the subjoin ed account which we most cheerfully lay before our readers with the simple re mark that we are satisfied that the phil anthropic und benificent designs of the order is accomplishing though silently and unobtrusively great good in our com munity and deserves the fostering and sustaining hand of every friend of hu manity and good morals rut to the ac count mr gales : as i did not see you present at the interesting and appropriate cere monies ofthe dedication ofthe new sons of temperance hall on friday evening i have thought an account would prove acceptable to your readers and i must say that on no occasion nor any where have i ever seen " beauty unadorned so successfully and appropriately carried out as on this occasion xo mockeries of mysticism â€” no presumptuous assumptions of legendary authority marked the pro ceedings ; they were simple unaffected and eminently appropriate after the company had gathered the " sons clad in their beautiful though simple regalia made their appearance in the hall and the exercises were opened by the reading of a portion of the scripture and prayer by the chaplain the ceremonies of ded ication were then entered into by the d g w p and the responses from the va rious officers had truly a happy effect and the hall was dedicated to love purity and fidelity the motto of the order and to the promotion of '* temperance renevolence and brotherly love this being over henry w miller esq a member ofthe order was introduced to the assembly as the brother selected to deliver the dedicatory address to a community where his powers and his ge nius are so well and so favorably known as mr miller's are in north carolina it i.s unnecessary to say that this address was thrillingly eloquent and surpassingly beautiful the writer of this has repeat edly heard mr m hold vast audiences enchained by the force of his reasoning the power of his logic and captivating strains of his rhetoric and eloquence ; but we say in all candor that this effort will most favorably compare with any we ever heard him make w t e would fain endea vor to give you some idea of its tone and character â€” but satisfied as we are that were we to attempt it wc should greatly mar its beauty and do injustice to the speaker we are compelled to desist we are highly gratified to learn however that a call has been made by the division up on mr m for a copy of the address for publication we sincerely hope he will accede to the request as we believe its circulation throughout the state will be productive of great good not only to the order but to our citizens generally we trust therefore soon to see it in print we believe sir you will pardon us for adding a few words in behalf of the or der of the sons of temperance judging from the happy effect it had upon many in our city we are bound to admit it a good a lauable a praise-worthy institu tion from the high character of the morals and virtues it inculcates it re commends itself to the favorable consid eration ofthe wise the virtuous and the good every where its designs are pure ly benevolent unpretendingly exalted and religiously sacred to reclaim the fallen to throw a shield around the young and unsuspecting to relieve the sufferings and distress of our fellows its only aim sure ly this is noble christian god-like â€” and him who would raise a voice of opposi tion to the sons of temperance pause and consider lest he be found " lighting against god himself give us the smiles and confidence of the virtuous and good and we will try by practical demonstra tion to convince the wayward and unfor tunate ofthe salutary effects of our prin ciples by teaching them our precepts and inculcating sentiments of morality and virtue in their lives many te mpe r axce ce le bration the order of the sons of temperance in xorth carolina held their quarterly ses sion through their representatives from he several divisions in this place last thursday at night they repaired in pro cession in full regalia to the presbyterian church where a large assemblage await ed them for the purpose of witnessing the public exercises of the evening prayer was olfered by rev r t blake the chap ain of greensboro division after which mr blake introduced to the audience mr gorman of raleigh who proceeded to deliver an address marked by the excel lence of its sentiment and the chasteness of its style although originality of ar gument or illustration on this subject can scarcely be expected at this day â€” the in telligent audience of the evening were highly entertained by the grace and pow er with which mr g sustained his views the services were closed by prayer by mr duvall of richmond ya the in tervals in the exercises were most agree ably filled by music from the choir of the church the numerous members of the order whose division meets in this place toge ther with those in attendance from other places all formed in procession and ar rayed in th ir neat and tasteful regalia made an imposing appearance and the fine moral affect intended we trust may increase and be permanent â€” greens pat a young riot occurred ut columbia on satur day night the 22d instant between the college boys und the police xo scalps taken excitement ix washington by the following letter to the baltimore sun it will be seen that the threats of the mob to demolish the office of the national era were not carried out whether there will be a renewal of these scenes of vio lence will depend very materially we suspect upon future developments washington april 20 18-lf . the large assemblage on 7th street last night presented quite an imposing ap pearance a party of reckless young men destitute of reputation or responsibility aided by no small number of boys whose parents or guardians should have pre vented their attendance attempted to ren der '* night hideous by pretended conceit and wild vociferations added to these were a few mischievous men of more de cent dress whose craven spirits shrinking from a due accountability to the laws , would have paid ignorant and thoughtless individuals to involve themselves in still deeper disgrace for the gratification of | their licentious employers by the perpe tration of flagrant outrages upon private property as i informed you at the moment by telegraph the committee reported that the proprietor had respectfully declined to leave the premises unearthly yells quick ' ly succeeded â€” the first class alluded to as suring themselves that they now possessed ample authority for the commission of mobism in any and every form the of fice of the " era was quickly surround ed and a volley of stones thrown at it when capt goddard boldly advanced and called upon all good citizens to aid the i civil authorities in the discharge of their duties this was the crisis ! honor to the en lightened citizens of the metropolis â€” the city that bears a name which can never die â€” they promptly responded nobly did the masses who had been drawn together by motives of mere curiosity rally in vin dication of the laws the violence of the rioters was speedily restrained and threats superseded by jokes or derisive re j marks until after midnight when disap pointed and fatigued they strolled off to j other haunts the resolution adopted to forcibly remove the oliice this morning has of course been disregarded those who would thus trample down the laws , never taking daylight for their work the national era as our readers may be aware was established a little more than twelve months ago and we have reg ularly perused it since it is edited with considerable ability and with much more moderation than any paper of its class j we have seen yet the publication in a j slavcholding community of such a paper however prudently conducted cannot in our judgment be safely permitted â€” and when it is tolerated we may naturally look for the occurrence of just such scenes : as are now transpiring in the city of washington as one of its legitimate and i necessary fruits the editor of the era mr g bailey jr in the midst of the excitement addressed a deprecatory ap peal to the people in which he refers to the language he had frequently used in his paper to the effect that although in favor of the abolition of slavery he de sires that it may be accomplished only in accordance with the constitution and j law and that no system of unconstitu ' tional or illegal measures would ever find a supporter in him ; and he affirms his ! entire ignorance ofthe recent attempt in that city to carry oil a large body of slaves j which he says was in no way participa : ted in by himself or by any other person > connected with his establishment â€” rich mond whig railroad meeting the business of the court was such the first week of the term that the pro posed meeting to appoint delegates to the salisbury railroad convention was de ferred to the next tuesday that day was also occupied by an important trial allowing no time for the deliberations of a public meeting it was therefore deem ed proper to postpone the meeting until county court in may which will be in good time for the object proposed it is hoped that every citizen interested â€” and every citizen is interested â€” in the plan ning and prosecution of the great works in contemplation will be present aud give indication by their presence and their counsels that hope of improvement is not quite dead in north carolina greensboro patriot fire â€” the fayelteville observer ofthe 25(h inst slivs â€” â€¢â€¢ we regret to learn that the law office of the hon robert strange about three mile from this town was destroyed by fire on saturday last wilh a portion ol his valuable library the fire is believed to have origin i ted in the careless use of a match with which a negro lighted his pipe is that the tune the old cow died of ask ed an englishman nettled at the industry wiih which a new englander whistled yankee doo dle no.beef replied jonathan " that are's the tunc old bull died ol !" gen taylor's opinions the nashville whig after referring to the recent published reports of conversa tions said to have been held with general taylor on the important political ques tions which divide parties in the united states says and from the supposed rela tions existing between the editor of that paper and gen taylor we suspect it does not speak unadvisedly that these publi cations may impose the necessity on gen taylor in his own defence of coming out over his own signature with a brief expo sition of his views and the whig ven tures to predict that should the general deem it proper to make such an exposi tion he will take his stand upon the great republican platform upon which our liberties rest â€” namely the carelul preservation and scrupulous maintenance ed the distribution of the powers of the genera government between the execu tive legislative and judicial departments as provided for in the constitution our nashville cotemporarv goes on to sav : rich w/iis ' j " we venture to predict that he will declare it to be his fixed determination to leave to the legislative department of the government the business of legisla tion without interposing his individual wishes much less his official inlluence to thwart shape or control it ; and further that he will never interpose his veto ex cept in cases of manifest haste and want ol due consideration by congress or where there has been a clear and palpable vio lation of the constitution this we un dertake to say from unquestionable evi dence now in our possession is the broad conservative whig ground which gen taylor will occupy and which he is rea dy to avow his intention to occupy if ele vated to the executive chair and this settles all questions doubt or difficulty as to the course he will pursue if elected in reference to the tariff the bank and other national measures lie will leave such questions to the decision of congress if the people of the fnited states speak ing through the legitimate and constitu tional channel the legislative depart ment ofthe government shall demand a i bank he will not interpose his inlluence in any way to thwart their wishes should they not desire a bank he will not press one upon them : should they through their representatives in congress signify that they are content with the tariff of 1810 he will not recommend its repeal should they on the other hand through their representatives require its repeal or modifications he stands ready to sanction any act which congress may pass for that purpose ; anil so with the sub-treasury and other measures of national policy with the exception of such cases only as involve clear and palpable violations of the constitution or as are manifestly the result of hasty and inconsiderate legisla tion â€” in which category is included nei ther of the tariff bank or sub-treasury measures this we have reason to know is the course which general taylor has marked out for himself to pursue in the event of his election and it is the true course the patriotic republican conser i vative whig course let it but be pur sued by our executive magistrates and our free institutions will be co-extensive with all times j from the national intelligencer uf april 22 congress the senate did nol sit yesterday having on thursday adjourned over>to monday tho ifuu}.